Event viewing can be restricted from no event privileges to events for the current enterprise only.
If the events you expected to display do not appear in Events view, check with your System Administrator.
To add new events to the list as they arrive, select the Update automatically checkbox. Otherwise, the list will refresh when you open the view.
Double-click on an event to see the event detail in the panel below the event list
The event list
The event list has the following columns:
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Source | Shows the system object that is the source of the event or error and its full hierarchy. For example, en event about deploying a VM could show the name of the virtual appliance and the virtual datacenter it belongs to. |
| Severity | The severity of the event. Can be INFO, WARN or ERROR |
| Action | The action that generated the event. See Entity and Action Tables |
Performed by | The user who performed the Action. |
Date/time | The date and time when the event was generated. |
| User | The user affected by the action |
Trace | Additional information about the event that will display in the system logs. |
Filtering events
To make it easier to find a specific event, use the filter tool. Click the filter button 
at the top right of Events view. Enter your filter criteria and click Accept. To remove the filter, click Clear at the bottom of the popup.
Basic event filtering
Basic event filtering enables you to filter with the following fields:
| Event field | Description |
|---|---|
| Severity | Pull-down list of Severity types |
| Action | Pull-down list of Actions from Entity and Action Tables |
| Performed by | The name of the user who performed the action |
| Date from | Start date in format YYYY/MM/DD |
| Date to | End date in format YYYY/MM/DD |
| Enterprise | Enterprise |
Advanced event filtering
Click "See more" on the basic filter panel to filter on more fields. You can search for events related to specific entities.
Severity table
Events on the Abiquo platform are classified into three severity categories: info, warning and error.
Severity | Description |
|---|---|
INFO | General information events for the user as part of the normal use of the platform |
WARNING | Warning about an abnormal situation that does not block normal use of the platform |
ERROR | Error that blocks the normal use of the platform |
Component List
These values can be used to filter the events by Component.
- PLATFORM
- DATACENTER
- RACK
- MACHINE
- VIRTUAL_STORAGE
- STORAGE_POOL
- STORAGE_DEVICE
- ENTERPRISE
- USER
- ROLE
- ROLE_LDAP
- VIRTUAL_APPLIANCE
- VIRTUAL_MACHINE
- VOLUME
- NETWORK
- APPLIANCE_MANAGER
- IMAGE_CONVERTER
- LICENSE_MANAGER
- PERSISTENT_CONVERTER
- INSTANCE_CONVERTER
- API
- WORKLOAD
- HIGH_AVAILABILITY
- PRICING_TEMPLATE
- COSTCODE_CURRENCY
- COSTCODE
- UCS
Storage System List
These values can be used to filter the Events list by Storage System:
- GENERIC_ISCSI
- LVM
- NETAPP
- NEXENTA
Entity and Action Tables
The entity and action tables show events that will be displayed for Cloud Users, with a basic cloud user role and privileges.